John Bruce Stewart (1878 - 1955)

Born 1 Apr 1878 in Jackson, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Odile (Dodge) Stewart — married 18 Nov 1920 in Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Descendants

Died 28 Jul 1955 at age 77 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Biography

Father, Andrew Frazer Stewart, born in Scotland. Mother, Susan Sapporetta Mcguire, born in Pennsylvania.

A machinist and salesman of industrial equipment, principally for Westinghouse. He became unemployed in 1932 during the Great Depression and could not find permanent work until World War II. He was granted a patent in 1944 for a rotary engine.[6]

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47282577/john-bruce-stewart

Birth

• "Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4YR-MLR : accessed 21 November 2015), John Bruce Stewart, 01 Apr 1878; citing Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, reference ; FHL microfilm 2,320,566.

Census

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9CD-59B : accessed 21 November 2015), J B Stewart in household of A F Stewart, Huntington city Ward 3, Cabell, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 9A, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,756.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHN5-R23 : accessed 21 November 2015), John B Stewart, 1930.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7HX-2MK : accessed 21 November 2015), John B Stewart, Ward 25, St. Louis, St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96-646A, sheet 7B, family 154, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2207.

Military

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3TM-CFJ : accessed 21 November 2015), John Bruce Stewart, 1917-1918; citing St. Louis City no 23, Missouri, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,683,855.